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What is the Rigvedic name of the river Ravi?


1. Vitasa
2. Asikini
3. Shutudri
4. Parushni

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Correct Answer - Option 4 : Parushni

The correct answer is Parushni.

  • Parushni is the Rigvedic name of the river Ravi.
    • The Ravi was known as Purushni or Iravati to Indians in Vedic times and as Hydraotes to the Ancient Greeks.
    •  The Rig-Veda civilization was centred on the River Saraswati which is now lost in the Deserts of Rajasthan.
    • The Ravi River, a transboundary river of India and Pakistan, is an integral part of the Indus River Basin and forms the headwaters of the Indus basin.
      • It rises in the Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh state, India, and flows west-northwest past Chamba, turning southwest at the boundary of Jammu and Kashmir state.

  • The Sapta Sindhavah play a prominent part in the hymns of the Rig Veda, and consequently in the early Hindu religion.
    • Vedic texts have a wide geographical horizon, speaking of oceans, rivers, mountains and deserts.
    • The Vedic land is a land of seven rivers flowing into the ocean.
    • Central Rivers (rivers of Punjab):
      • Vitasta (Jhelum)
      • Asikni (Chenab)
      • Parusni (Ravi)
      • Vipas (Beas)
      • Sutudri (Sutlej)
      • Marudvrdha

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